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Friday Nite Videos | August 5, 2022

Conservatives vs. KKK: Spot the Difference. Archie Roach | Took The Children Away. John Oliver: Mental Health Care. Saving Masafer Yatta. The Deadliest Virus on Earth.

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Conservatives vs. KKK: Spot the Difference | The Daily Show

Not as easy as you might wish. 

 

Archie Roach | Took The Children Away

Archibald William Roach (Jan. 8, 1956 - July 30, 2022) was an Australian singer, songwriter and Aboriginal activist who campaigned for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

John Oliver: Mental Health Care

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John Oliver discusses the cracks in our broken mental health care system, some of the inadequate ways we’ve tried to fill them, and what it all has to do with the gallbladder.

Saving Masafer Yatta

The Israeli Supreme Court ruled in May 2022 to expel the Palestinians living in the South Hebron Hills of the occupied West Bank, known as Masafer Yatta. They are appealing to the international community for help.

The Deadliest Virus on Earth

For over 4,000 years, the rabies virus has turned animals into angry beasts and humans into zombies. How it attacks us and how we fight back (cough -- vaccine).